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NewLaw
Career Series 2026

This series of seminars shares careers and jobs in the alternative legal sector that you may not have considered before.

You can register for one session, or all of them, by clicking the appropriate button or buttons. Please remember that you have to complete a registration form for each session that you want to attend.
Details of each session hosted by Cognia

Session 1

Law in 2030:
Understanding the Evolving Legal Ecosystem

Tuesday 4 Aug 18:00 – 19:00pm

This session introduces students to the rapidly changing legal ecosystem, where ALSPs, traditional firms and legal tech providers work in a symbiotic relationship with each other.

A look at what is driving this shift: the need for faster, more transparent, and cost‑effective legal services. We’ll also explore how ALSPs and legal tech are reshaping the industry through better processes, multidisciplinary teams, and new technology.

The session shows how GenAI and automation are expanding ALSP capabilities and transforming the balance of work across the sector.

Aalia Manie,
Head, Webber Wentzel Fusion

Ross McNairn,
CEO & Co-Founder, Wordsmith AI

Kevin Van Tonder,
Practice Director, Consulting, Consilio

Janet Taylor-Hall,
CEO, Cognia

Session 2

AI, Tech Fluency and Human Judgement in Law

Thursday 6 Aug 18:00 – 19:00pm

The legal industry is shifting toward a tech-enabled future where lawyers, technologists and AI systems work together.

This session gives a real look into the day-to-day work of legal engineers and legal technologists.

We show how AI is used as a collaborative tool at the intersection of law, tech and design.

This session highlights how legal reasoning, tech-thinking and problem-solving skills are essential in the future where manual tasks are increasingly automated.

As we go behind the scenes of an ALSP to explore how they use automation, design and process mapping to improve client workflows through legal engineering tools and processes.

Max Henkensiefken,
Head of Legal Technologies & Operations, Amadeus

Ratidzo Murwisi,
Principal Consultant, Duchess Consulting Firm & Founder of Botswana Legal Technology Network (Bolt)

Alex Hamilton,
Founder & CEO, Radiant Law

Calvin Simpson,
Head of Legal Tech, Cognia

Session 3

Inside the NewLaw Ecosystem:
Emerging Careers in ALSPs

Tuesday 11 Aug 18:00 – 19:00pm

This session gives students a clear look at the different roles within ALSPs, with experts sharing what their day-to-day work entails.

We’ll explore how technology shapes these roles, how it has accelerated career growth.

Abi Abderoof,
Vice President – Operations, Stella Legal

Eiméar Mullan,
Senior Analyst, Digital Legal Delivery, HSF

Megan Jackson,
Head of Legal Project Management, TLT LLP

 Stefan Crous,
Senior Legal Associate, Cognia

Session 4

Where to from here?
Graduate Opportunities to map your career pathways.

Thursday 13 Aug 18:00 – 19:00pm

This session brings together our collaborators who have graduate programmes in South Africa to share insights on their graduate and vacation programmes, highlighting the key skills they look for and what students can expect to gain from each pathway.

Claire McMullin,
VP Enterprise Talent, Consilio

Lucia Quy,
Delivery Lead, Webber Wentzel Fusion

Matthew McConkey,
Principal, Lighthouse Law

Natasha Sauer,
People and Culture, Cognia

Uraysha Ramracheya,
Manager, Digital Legal Delivery – Disputes, HSF Kramer

Thank you to all the organisations who have contributed to this series
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